9 Results for hall of fame

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...year, Larry Wayne is off to another one of those starts that make us wonder if he...be better off selling high on ther future Hall of Famer." Better that, they say, than letting...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 08, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...shining momeny where nobody would ever consider looking. When he was officially elected into the NBA Hall of Fame yesterday, Jordan was aksed for a favorite moment in his career. "It was the third game...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 07, 2009

Condensing the NFL Combine

Chris Sprow

...America contest after they ruined it by demanding that competitors have a) a personality b) some kind of philanthropic mission and c) um, a personality. Nine times out of 10, the most beautiful girl still...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...his own success more than he is a straight up failure. He's an almost certain Hall of Fame coach with hopefully another long stop ahead of him. But here's why this is fascinating...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 31, 2008

The NEXT: Hall of Fame Lock

Chris Sprow

...one Super Bowl title.) Dungy's career mark is 137-69, easily within the category of Hall of Fame winning percentages. But perhaps most remarkably, in both cases, Dungy has taken over franchises where a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 15, 2008

Malcolm Gladwell Talks Sports (And His New Book) With Us

Chris Sprow

Malcolm Gladwell is a serious observer of sports. The author of iconic books Blink and The Tipping Point has no problems applying his theories...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2008

REBEL YELL

Chris Sprow

...that extend beyond pure fanhood, but the folks in Oxford are putting Smith into their athletic Hall of Fame this coming weekend. Props, buddy. Shep's other big belief? Nutt knows how to crack LSU...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 29, 2008

SECOND LOOK: ASSESSING K-ROD

Chris Sprow

...coming. When a guy seems to start the season with 30 saves, it's only a matter of time before he eclipses the briefly-great Bobby Thigpen. Last night, K-Rod tied the saves mark...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008

BREAKING ... KERRY WOOD COMPELS YOU!

Chris Sprow

...wrote for us about the outright sham it was that Ron Santo wasn't in the Hall of Fame. Wrote Wood: "When you start digging into the numbers, I don't think there's any...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 25, 2008